Garment supporting device



Jan. 21, 19410 I 'LMEYERS 2,229,182

GARMENT SUPPORT ING DEVICE- Filed Sept. 6, 1938 ATTORN EYS Patented Jan.21, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,229,182 GARMENT SUPPORTING DEVICE1 Claim.

This invention relates to garment supporting devices and has for anobject to provide a device for traveling bags having garment retainingbrackets of the extension type for permitting the easy application andremoval of garments and preventing the hangers from becoming dislodgedwhen the bag is closed.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will beformed of a few strong simple and durable parts, which will beinexpensive to manufacture, and which will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel details of construction and combinations of partshereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood thatvarious modifications may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a traveling bag garment supportingdevice constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1showing one of the brackets.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the bracket shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of bracket forsupporting coat hangers, neck ties or other articles.

Figure 5 is an end elevation of the bracket shown in Figure 4.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts in the various views, l designates aconventional traveling bag having a flanged cover ll provided on theinner faces of the sides with forwardly extending bars H! which arepivotally connected as shown at I3 to the cover and at the front endshave pivotally connected thereto frame bars 14 which are connected nearthe bottom through the medium of a cross brace I5, there being a crossbrace l6 connecting the bars l2 intermediate their ends. These parts areconventional.

A substantially U-shaped bracket I! has forwardly extending bracket arms18 fixedly secured to the upper ends of the bars l4 through the mediumof rivets I9 01' other connectors. A plunger 29 is housed in a casing 2|which is riveted as shown at 22 in Figure 3 to the bracket I1 andextends parallel with the bracket arm "3. A helical spring 23 is housedin the casin in rear of the plunger and constantly tends to urge theplunger forwardly. The plunger is provided with a disc retaining head 24which is deformed near the edge to provide an annular groove 25 in theouter face, concentric with the axis of the plunger.

A catch 26 is pivotally mounted intermediate the ends on the bracket arm[8 through the medium of a pivot pin 21. One end of the catch terminatesin a hook 28 which is yieldably latched into the groove 25 of the dischead 24 to hold the plunger retracted. The opposite end of the catch isprovided with a concave grip 29 between which and the bracket arm I8 ahelical spring 30 is confined under tension.

There are two of the spring pressed plungers and bracket arms providedwith catches as best shown in Figure 1. Conventional garment hangers 3|may be hooked over the housings 2| of the spring pressed plungers tohouse garments and to permit application and removal of the hangers. Thecatches 26 are depressed against the tension of their controllingsprings 30 to release the disc heads of the plungers and permit theplungers to move outwardly as shown by dotted lines in Figure 2. Whenthe hangers are applied the disc heads may be bodily shoved rearwardly,over the hooked ends 28 of the catches until the catches engage in thegrooves 25 and confine the hangers in place.

For holding coat hangers 32 of the type shown in Figure 5, having aplate 33 equipped with a T-shaped slot 34 opening through the upperedge, the bracket shown in Figures 4 and 1 is used. 3 In this form ofthe invention a U-shaped bracket 35 may be riveted or otherwise securedto the bracket I! with the arms 36 extending in superposed relationship.The lower arm of the bracket is provided with an upstanding tongue 31which is less in width than the width of the shank 38 of the T-shapedslot in the hanger plate 33 to permit the latter being slipped on to thelower arm of the bracket as best shown in Figures 4 and 5.

For removably holding the plate 33 against escape of the lower arm ofthe bracket the tongue 3'! terminates in a disc head 39. A lever 40 isprovided with a disc head 4| which is centrally pivoted on the disc head39 of the tongue 31 through the medium of a pivot pin 42. The lever isequipped with a grip 43 which extends at a right angle thereto andpermits of the lever, which it will be pointed out is of greater widththan the width of the shank 39 of the T-shaped slot, to be swungdownwardly to bridge the slot and prevent escape of the hanger plate 38from the lower bracket arm 36, as best shown in Figure 4. When the leveris swung to the horizontal it exposes the shank 38 of the slot to permitthe hanger plates 33 being withdrawn from the lower bracket arm 36.

The disc head 4| of the lever is provided with a flat face 44 which isadapted to engage the lower face of the upper bracket arm 38 when thelever is in latched or downwardly extending position. The upper bracketarm 36 is resilient and springs down upon the flat face 44 to yieldablyhold the lever in latching position.

Since the operation of the device has been described as the descriptionof the parts progressed, it is thought that the invention will be fullyunderstood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

In a garment support a U-shaped member, tubular casings mounted on themember adjacent the arms thereof, plungers mounted in the casings, eachcasing having a reduced portion engaged through the member and upset toform a rivet at one end, each plunger having a disk head at the outerend provided with an annular groove concentric with the respectivecasing, compression springs housed in the casings at said reduced endstending constantly to project the plungers from the casings, and springpressed latches on said arms of the U-shaped member terminating in hooksadapted to engage in said annular grooves of the plungers and hold theplungers retracted against the tension of said compression springs.

' LOUIS MEYERS.

